Q: Is 40,740,732 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 40,740,732 is not a prime number.

Why is 40,740,732 not a prime number?

A prime number is a natural number, greater than one, that can only be divided by 1 and itself.

The number 40740732 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 54 81 108 162 324 125,743 251,486 377,229 502,972 754,458 1,131,687 1,508,916 2,263,374 3,395,061 4,526,748 6,790,122 10,185,183 13,580,244 20,370,366 and 40,740,732, with no remainder.

Since 40,740,732 cannot be divided by just 1 and 40,740,732, it is not a prime number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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